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J. B. MILLER, Decd.

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BOTTLE'STOPPBR.

No. 245,199. Patented Ang: 2,188.1.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THRESSA MILLER, OF KINGSTON, NEW YORK, ADMINISTRATRIX OF JOEL B. MILLER, DECEASED, ASSIGNOR TO HENRY W. PUTN AM, OF BENNINGTON,

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BOTTLE-STOPPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 245,199, dated August 2, 1881.

Application filed May 20, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that JoEL B. MILLER, de-

ceased, late of Kingston,in the county of Ul-' ster and State of New York, did inventa new 5 and useful Improvement in Bottle-Stoppers,

of which the following is a specification.

Figure l is a sectional face view of the improved bottle-stopper. Fig. 2 is a side view thereof. p

10 This invention relates to a new suspended internal bottle-stopper; and it consists, first, in combining the disk-shaped inner stopper with a spring bail or handle that is capable of holding the stopper properly in position and 1 prevents it slipping into the hold of the bottle.

The invention also consists in supplyingsaid bottle-stopper with an additional upper disk for interposing a shield between the mouth of the bottle and the stopper, to preventimpurities 20 from reaching the stopper itself also, in hinging the spring-hail to the flat or disk-shaped stopper.

' The stopper is intended'to operatelike that described in Letters Patent N o. 156,302,dated 25 October 27, .1874.

In the accompanying drawings, the letterA represents the flat or disk-shaped valve or stopper, which is made of India rubber or equivalent material and held'on a stem, B, that 0 is preferablyniade of wire, and that forms an elongated eye, 0,. at its upper part. The lower end or ends of the stern B are secured in a metal ball or plate, D, that is in contact with the lower surface of the disk-shaped valve A.

a 3 5 This ball or plate 1) is of such size as to prevent the withdrawal of the stopper or diskshaped valve from the bottle after the same has been inserted, but it will not interfere with its ready introduction into the bottle.

Into the eye 0 are hooked the ends ofa centrally-contracted spring-loop, E, which has above the contraction to an upper enlargement, b, and below said contraction a a lower enlargement, d. The lower enlargement bears against the inner walls of the bottle and acts as a spriu g to keep the stopper in place. The upper enlargement, d, prevents the stopper falling into the hold of the bottle. The hooks or eyes e e, at the open lower end of the springloop E, are arranged to freely receive the up per cross-bar of the elongated eye 0.

Above the stopper or disk-shaped valve A, and below the elongated eye 0, is attachedto the stem B a smaller disk, F, preferably of rubber or other elastic material, capable of entering the mouth of the bottle and .of shielding the stopper or disk-shaped valve, so that impurities cannot reach it. ports the disk F on the disk A.

I claiml. The flat or disk-shaped valve A, combined with the centrally-contracted springvloop E, substantially as specified.

2. The combination of the flat or disk-shaped stopper-valve A with the elongated eye 0, and with the centrally-contracted spring-loop E, hinged to said eye, substantially as specified.

3. The combination of the internal bottlestopper or valve A and its stem B with the disk F, and with the spring-loop E, substantially as specified.

MRS. THRESSA MILLER, Administratrim of Joel B. Miller, deceased.

Witnesses:

PATRICK H. MoGIvNEY, JoHN W. WEBER.

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